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ICS Cybersecurity Report: Control Systems Remain Highly Targeted by Threat Actors as Organizations Forced to Rapidly Mature Programs

November 10, 2022

The 2022 ICS Cybersecurity Report sees the majority of organizations recognizing ICS threats as being very serious; 22% ranked them as "critical" and 41% ranked them as "high" priority, representing a slow but steady increase over the past several years.

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FTC Takes Legal Action Against Edtech Outfit Chegg Over Years-long String of Data Breaches

November 9, 2022

From 2017 to 2020 the edtech company experienced four serious data breaches, and the FTC finds that this was not simply a run of bad luck but rather an endemic lack of concern for cybersecurity.

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Bed, Bath & Beyond Confirms a Data Breach From Targeted Phishing Attack

November 9, 2022

Retail behemoth Bed, Bath & Beyond said it suffered a data breach after a hacker compromised an employee in a targeted phishing attack that granted them access to data storage devices.

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White House Summit on Ransomware Attacks Brings Global Leaders Together To Discuss Information Sharing, Defense Frameworks

November 8, 2022

The White House summit brought together leaders from over 30 countries to discuss a global response to the threat of ransomware attacks. Event concluded with a broad variety of proposals including increased private sector engagement.

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Dropbox Security Breach Leads to Compromise of 130 GitHub Repositories

November 7, 2022

Dropbox says that the security breach did not involve the contents of any customer accounts. The attackers were instead focused on company GitHub repositories, raiding 130 of them for code and tools.

Data Privacy News

European TikTok User Data Found To Be Available To Chinese Staff as Company Updates Privacy Policy

November 7, 2022

The privacy policy now makes clear that TikTok user data is transferred to a number of third countries for "important functions," China among them. TikTok says it has SCCs in place that cover the data transfers.

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AdTech and Data Privacy: Forecasting for the Coming Storm

November 7, 2022

While the digital advertising industry revenue grew a record 35.4% in 2021 and is on pace for another banner year in 2022, it’s also under intense regulatory and consumer scrutiny and increased demands for improved data privacy standards.

Cyber Security News

Hive Ransomware Group Leaks Stolen Data After Attacking a Major India Power Company

November 4, 2022

Hive ransomware group claimed responsibility for the cyber attack on Tata Power and began leaking stolen data, including sensitive employee and company information after ransom negotiations had conclusively failed.

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Data Privacy News

Study Shows Privacy Awareness Is the “New Normal” for Consumers, Online Behavior Is Much More Guarded

November 4, 2022

Privacy awareness is now more common than not, with 60% of consumers reporting that they are concerned. While consumers are very much aware of how companies track their online behavior at this point, 34% say that they feel "overwhelmed" in trying to manage it.

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Cyber Security News

Cybersecurity Workforce Is Growing, But Worldwide Workforce Gap of 3.4 Million Continues to Present Problems

November 3, 2022

The cybersecurity workforce has grown by a little over 11% since last year, filling 464,000 more positions, but the workforce gap has more than doubled during that time due to increased demand.

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ICS Cybersecurity Report: Control Systems Remain Highly Targeted by Threat Actors as Organizations Forced to Rapidly Mature Programs

FTC Takes Legal Action Against Edtech Outfit Chegg Over Years-long String of Data Breaches

Bed, Bath & Beyond Confirms a Data Breach From Targeted Phishing Attack

White House Summit on Ransomware Attacks Brings Global Leaders Together To Discuss Information Sharing, Defense Frameworks

Dropbox Security Breach Leads to Compromise of 130 GitHub Repositories

European TikTok User Data Found To Be Available To Chinese Staff as Company Updates Privacy Policy

AdTech and Data Privacy: Forecasting for the Coming Storm

Hive Ransomware Group Leaks Stolen Data After Attacking a Major India Power Company

Study Shows Privacy Awareness Is the “New Normal” for Consumers, Online Behavior Is Much More Guarded

Cybersecurity Workforce Is Growing, But Worldwide Workforce Gap of 3.4 Million Continues to Present Problems

Self-Propagating Malware ChainDrop Hits Over 400 NPM Packages in Massive Supply Chain Attack

Russian Hackers Exploit Hotel Wi-Fi Networks to Compromise Microsoft 365 Accounts

Claude’s Great Escape: Anthropic AI Models Join OpenAI Agents in Hacking Their Way Out of Sandboxes

Leak of Microsoft Meeting Documents Indicates Company Is Struggling to Keep Up With Security Vulnerabilities Uncovered by Mythos